News Releases

USPAACC celebrates Joseph Hsiao, President, and CEO of the H Restaurant Group and Member of USPAACC Southeast Region’s Board of Directors on receiving the “John Lu International Business of the Year Award”

The US Pan-Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) today celebrated Joseph Hsiao, President and CEO of the H Restaurant Group and member of USPAACC Southeast Region’s Board of Directors, on receiving the “John Lu International Business of the Year Award” for 2023.Mr. Hsiao is a member of the Board of Directors for the US Pan-Asian American Chamber of Commerce Southeast Region (USPAACC-SE), the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, and Georgia Advocates for Crime Prevention, and also serves as Secretary of the Georgia Restaurant Association, and President of the Asian Restaurant Council.

ICYMI: USPAACC National President and CEO Susan Au Allen’s Op-ed on the importance of minority business certification featured in the Washington Business Journal

You can read the Op-ed online via the Washington Business Journal at the following link: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2023/03/24/susan-au-allen-diverse-federal-contracting.html. Special thanks to the Washington Business Journal for publishing the Op-ed and allowing its use.

USPAACC will host a LiveTALK on How to Apply for Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Research with NASA March 23, 2023, at 2 p.m. EST

Join us for our next LiveTALK on How to Apply for Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Research and Education with NASA.

Call for nominations and applications recognizing the fastest of the fast: US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation’s Fast 100 Asian American Business Award program nominations are OPEN!

Businesses can be nominated or apply for the innovative national award program that recognizes the robust growth of 100 leading Asian American-owned businesses“We celebrate the fastest-growing difference makers, risk takers, and boundary breakers powering America’s economy,” says USPAACC National President and CEO Susan Au Allen

Supplier Diversity Champions Program Now Accepting Applications

SD Champions provides tools to nurture corporate, government, and large nonprofit supplier diversity programs, while also encouraging and supporting the certification and development of the small and diverse businesses that make these programs a reality.

'Supplier Diversity Champions' Program Launches to Acknowledge and Celebrate the Unsung Heroes of Supplier Diversity

The SD Champions program advanced by USPAACC represents a purposeful shift away from awards solely based on a corporation's ability to spend and moves toward a new emphasis that encourages transparency, innovation, inclusion, impact on the community, and integration in supplier diversity programs.

USPAACC National President and CEO Susan Allen will speak at Truist Tier2 Supplier Diversity Business Summit, Wednesday, September 14, 1-4 p.m.

Susan Au Allen, National President and CEO of the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation (USPAACC) will speak at Truist Tier2 Supplier Diversity Business Summit taking place Wednesday, September 14, from 1-4 p.m.

USPAACC ANNOUNCES FAST 50 ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARD HONOREES FOR 2022

Fast 50 Asian American Business awardees earned collective revenue of $1.6 billion last year, and comprise an expansive list of industries.

USPAACC Announces MOU With National 8(a) Association

Agreement Formalizes Partnership and Expands Opportunities for Collaboration

USPAACC utilizes $500,000 Open for Business Fund Grant from Wells Fargo to help Asian American businesses emerge stronger from the pandemic

The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) today outlined the steps it is utilizing for a two-year $500,000 grant provided through Wells Fargo’s Open for Business Fund to further USPAACC’s ongoing mission of helping Asian American businesses emerge stronger from the pandemic.

USPAACC Announces New Program to Recognize Corporations Who ‘Walk the Talk’ on Inclusion and Supplier Diversity

The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) has announced the creation of a new program that will encourage and inspire corporations to use more minority and diverse businesses owned by Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, disabled, LGBT, veterans, and women in their purchasing activities.